Anisorhynchodemus guttatus at ANBG

1 Speckled flatworm at ANBG

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Identification history

	Anisorhynchodemus guttatus	31 Mar 2021	turb
	Unidentified	22 Feb 2021	TimL

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Author's notes

Unsure as to ID so have placed it under Leeches for now although the body shape doesn't seem quite right. Very active once disturbed. Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting in ANBG's Rainforest Gully.

2 comments

tpreston wrote:

25 Mar 2021

I've put this in platyhelminthes for now, but it doesn't quite look like the other flatworms I've seen. I'm wondering if this is a terrestrial nemertean, a group I haven't encountered yet and don't know much about. I'm hoping we will get some expertise soon to help with these kinds of animals.

turb wrote:

31 Mar 2021

The specimen is Anisorhynchodemus guttatus, a native species that occurs from eastern Victoria to south eastern Queensland.

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